Loom.



B. H. BREGKENFELD & M. M. CAIN.

LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

M6214 M azelg YHE NORRIS PErE/es n1. PHO n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BEETHA I-I. BREOKENFELD AND MARY M. CAIN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LOOM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERTHA H. Brown- ENFELD and MARY M. CAIN, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, California, haveinvented a new and useful Loom, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a loom adapted for weaving bags or otherarticles, and one object of the invention is to so construct the loomthat it may be used for Weaving bags or articles of diiferentsizes.

Another object is to provide for securely holding the threads at theends of the loom.

Other objects and advantages will be brought out in the followingdescription.

Referring to the drawingsFigure l'is a side elevation of the loom,showing a partially completed bag thereon; Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe loom in detail; Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of an edge of theloom; Fig. 4: is a section on line 02*w* Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a verticalsection on line w w Fig. 9.; Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line a;:cFig. i; 7 is a perspective of an end corner portion of part of the loom;Fig. 8 is a perspective of another corner portion of the loom; Fig. 9 isa perspective of a tongue in detail.

The loom comprises a stiff plate 1, formed preferably of wood andprovided on opposite edges with notches 2, the outer portion of eachnotch being beveled as at 3. The notches 9. are provided to receive thethreads A of the article which is to be woven, and the beveled portionsof the notches make it easier for the threads 4 to be inserted in thenotches. The. end edges 5 are plain and the corners of the board areprovided with special notches 6 which are transverse to the notches 2,as clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the notches 6 acting to receive theend threads 7 and hold them in proper position along the plain edges ofthe board.

The board is preferably constructed of two or more sections, asindicated in Figs. 2 and 4. The width of these sections may beproportioned as desired. For example, the section A may be the widest,section B somewhat narrower, and section C the narrowest. Thus byremoving sections B and C a bag or other article the width of sectionSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 21, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6,1914.

Serial No. 780,165.

A may be woven. If it is desired to' weave a narrow deep bag or articlethe section (I may be employed; while for bags or articles ofintermediate size the section B may be utilized. It is also possible tocombine the sections together to produce other widths; thus sections Aand B may be combined, or sections A and C, or sections B and C, therebygiving a considerable variety of widths.

In order that the sections may be employed singly we provide the sectionA with transverse corner notches 6 and the section B with corner notches6 and the section C with corner notches 6.

The sections A, B and C may be secured together in any desired manner,but preferably by means of tongues 8 which are preferably constructed ofindividual strips, and the sections are grooved at- 9 to receive thestrips. With the three sections A, B and C there will. be two tongues 8employed, one of which is between sections A and B, and

the other between sections B and C. One

tongue will preferably be glued or otherwise permanently secured to thesection A and another one to the section B.

In using the loo-m the threads 4 and 7 are arranged thereon asindicated, and cross-threads lO'ai'e then woven.

lVhat we claim is:

1. A loom comprising a plate with notches in opposite edges thereof,said notches extending transversely of the edges in which they areformed, the corner portions of the plate having other notches which arearranged transversely of the first notches.

2. A loom comprising a plate formed of a plurality of detachablyconnected sections, each section having notches in opposite edgesthereof, and each section having corner notches arranged transversely tothe first notches.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Los Angeles,California, this 15th day of July, 1918.

nnrna n. BRECKENFELD. MARY M. CAIN.

In presence of GEO. T. HAOKLEY, LORA M. Bowers.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of IEatents,

Washington, I). G.

